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By GRACE SIMS
Librarian
When I asked Jesse Pond, Sperryville resident, Pearl Harbor veteran, and president of Pearl Harbor History Associates, Inc., what he thought of Admiral Layton’s And I Wa.s There he responded with this book review. . .
“This book has been the subject of an unfavorable review in the Washmgton Post that caused several letters to come to the fore defending Layton’s view.
“As a long time student of the Pearl Harbor affair and as a participant in the defense of Pearl Harbor, I believe that Layton has filled in some chinks in my knowiedge of the facts. I have known for quite a few years that Kimmel and Short were not given access to the Magic decrypts (MacArthur was!), so the local commanders were groping in the dark for answers. From my knowledge of Admiral Kimmel, I am sure that if he had had an inkling of an attack that weekend, he would have had the fleet out to give battle to the attacking force. If that had been the case, and if he had been lucky (or unlucky) enough to find the Japanese
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